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Walking With Cavemen Site The Tree of Life

47 Million Year Old
Fossil Primate Found
Video

Scientists say they have found a primate fossil that shows our connection with other mammals and our earliest human ancestor. Discovered in Messel Pit, Germany, the fossil is twenty times older than most fossils that explain human evolution.

Known as 'Ida', the fossil is a transitional species showing characteristics from the very primitive non-human evolutionary line (prosimians, such as lemurs), but she is more related to the human evolutionary line (anthropoids, such as monkeys, apes and humans). This places Ida at the very root of anthropoid evolution - when primates were first developing the features that would evolve into our own.

Pangea Earth's Crust "Plate Tectonics" Animation:

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1.) "The Human Migration Out of Africa" and "The Last Ice Age" Animated Video: -Background information for "Maroo of the Winter Caves" 5L Class 1st Term Novel -Integrated with- Social Studies World Studies: The Ancient World - The Beginnings of Human Society - Prehistory

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Professor Robert Winston meets Lucy, the first upright ape, and follows her ancestors on the three-million-year journey to civilisation. Broadcast in 2003, Walking with Cavemen combined special effects with the latest scientific theories, to show us what it really means to be human.

2.) Walking With Cavemen BBC site: -Backround information for "Maroo of the Winter Caves" 5L Class 1st Term Novel -integrated with- Social Studies World Studies: The Ancient World - The Beginnings of Human Society - Prehistory

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Episode Explanations for "Walking With Cavemen" DVD

Go behind the scenes to find out how the makers of the series brought the human story to life.

Cavemen facts

Could you tell a Neanderthal from a Gigantopithecus? How much do you know about your ancestors and their relatives?

Caveman challenge

Are you a chimp or a champ? Put your skills to the test in our interactive challenge.